Castle Collection (page 67)

Siege of the Fortress of Faith. The Fortress of Faith besieged by unbelievers and heretics, defended by the Pope, bishops, monks, clerics and theologians

Comet of 1456 (Halley), 1557. The English astronomer, Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was the first to suggest that appearances of bright comets every 76 years were in fact sightings of the same comet

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their six eldest children, c1850. Louisa the youngest shown here, born 1848. Their eldest son, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is in the boat

Knights Templar before Jerusalem, c1099, (14th century). Two knights approach the open gate to the city. On the battlements are three Saracen warriors

Music Party, East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, 1835. Artist: JMW Turner
Music Party, East Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, 1835. This unfinished study shows a group of figures playing or languidly listening to music in an unidentified setting. From the Tate Gallery, London

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, c1860. From the Bible (Isaiah 5:7)

Albert, Prince Consort, showing his hives to Queen Victoria. Albert (1819-1861) introduced improved bee hives to the royal apiaries

St Agnes and St Catherine of Alexandria. Agnes (right), patron saint of virgins, martyred c304, is shown with her emblem, a lamb

The Conwy Tubular Bridge on the Chester & Holyhead Railway, North Wales, 1852. Artist: Alfred Ashley
The Conwy Tubular Bridge on the Chester & Holyhead Railway, North Wales, 1852. This bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson to carry the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the River at Conwy

Capture of Ghunzee by British forces, Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), March 1880. Tinted lithograph

Scheme of a Norman castle based on Castle Hedingham, Essex, England, showing the enclosed fortified courtyard leading, via drawbridge and gateway, to fortified castle on raised mound

Hamlet seeing his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle. Artist: Robert Dudley
Hamlet seeing his fathers ghost on the battlements of Elsinore Castle. From the Shakespeare play, Hamlet, Act l, Sc. IV. Chromolithograph illustration by Robert Dudley (fl.1858-93)

Colchester Castle, 11th century
Colchester Castle, a Norman castle built on the foundations of the Roman temple of Claudius, 11th century

The Colchester Sphinx, 1st century
The Colchester Sphinx, a Roman funerary monument found outside the Roman town walls of Colchester in 1821. Now in Colchester Castle Museum, 1st century

Pevensey Castle, showing the Roman walls of the Saxon fort

Bill The Giant-killer, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
Bill The Giant-killer, 1884. Lord Salisbury, the Conservative Leader in the House of Lords, peers over the battlements at the Franchise Bill which, dressed as a herald, noisily demands entry

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